{"id":2448898,"date":"2019-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=312910"},"modified":"2019-09-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:00:00","slug":"your-2019-aspen-filmfest-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/your-2019-aspen-filmfest-cheat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 2019 Aspen Filmfest Cheat Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer\u2019s over, which for moviegoers means the superheroes and franchise fare are taking a back seat to the good stuff for awhile. The 40th annual Aspen Filmfest is a crash course in the best of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

With 23 movies in seven days, and screenings at three theaters in Aspen and Carbondale, the 2019 edition of the Roaring Fork Valley\u2019s biggest film event includes early looks at the most talked-about and most acclaimed movies of prestige movie season.<\/p>\n

Day and night throughout the festival, local audiences will be among the first to see the movies that\u2019ll have critics and audiences buzzing through Oscar night. Here\u2019s a run-down of what to watch for:<\/p>\n

The Auteurs<\/p>\n

The year\u2019s most anticipated director-driven fare fills the primetime slots at the Wheeler Opera House, including the most acclaimed film of the festival season so far: Bong Joon-Ho\u2019s \u201cParasite,\u201d which won the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes and has been hailed as the Korean filmmaker\u2019s masterpiece (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 7:45 p.m.).<\/p>\n

Additional auteur fare includes the singular Terrence Malick\u2019s war drama \u201cA Hidden Life\u201d (Monday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m.), Taika Watiti\u2019s anti-hate satire \u201cJojo Rabbit\u201d (Wednesday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m.) which won the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival \u2014 a bellwether for Best Picture nominations \u2014 and Stephen Soderberg\u2019s Panama Papers docudrama \u201cThe Laundromat\u201d (Saturday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n

The Actors<\/p>\n

Yes, the Academy Awards race is already well underway. And, yes, Aspen Filmfest includes performances primed to define the 2019 campaign. Among the lead actors to keep an eye on: Renee Zellweger, already dubbed a Best Actress frontrunner, in her comeback turn as Judy Garland in \u201cJudy\u201d (Tuesday, Sept. 24); Adam Driver as torture investigator in \u201cThe Report\u201d (Friday, Sept. 27, 5 p.m.); Kristin Stewart as Jean-Luc Godard muse Jean Seberg in \u201cSeberg\u201d (Friday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m.); Shia LaBeouf in the role he wrote for himself in \u201cHoney Boy\u201d (Saturday, Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m.) and Thomasin McKenzie in \u201cJojo Rabbit.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the supporting front, buzz from the early festival season says to watch for scene-stealers Annette Benning as Sen. Diane Feinstein in \u201cThe Report,\u201d Scarlett Johansson and Waititi himself \u2014 as Hitler \u2014 in \u201cJojo Rabbit,\u201d as well as Gary Oldman and a resurgent Antonio Banderas in \u201cThe Laundromat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Truth<\/p>\n

Comedian Darrell Hammond opens up about his mental health struggles in the documentary \u201cCracked Up\u201d (Thursday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m.). Aspen Film is using the film to open a conversation about the local mental health crisis, with a panel featuring director Michelle Esrick and the Aspen Hope Center\u2019s Michelle Muething.<\/p>\n

Other hot documentaries in the lineup include the magic mushroom study \u201cFantastic Fungi\u201d (see related story, p. 16), the Frank Lowry profile \u201cWhat Will Become of Us\u201d (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2 p.m.), the dance doc \u201cMoving Stories\u201d (Wednesday, Sept. 25, noon); and the behind-the-scenes tale of MASS MoCA \u201cMuseum Town\u201d (Thursday, Sept. 26, 2:30 p.m.).<\/p>\n

And photography enthusiasts are due for a mind-blowing double-feature on Saturday, Sept. 28, with \u201cThe Times of Bill Cunningham\u201d (noon) and \u201cShow Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall\u201d (2 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Rising Up<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a movie and a movement. The unconventional documentary \u201cWeRiseUp: The Future of Humanity\u201d will have its world premiere at Filmfest (Friday, Sept. 27, noon). The film promises to be an artful mission statement for the WeRiseUp organization, which is calling for a new way of defining success and prosperity. It will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A and will be complemented by a panel discussion (Saturday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m.) with WeRiseUp creators Kate Maloney, Michael Shaun Conaway, Alex Melnyk and DJ Spooky.<\/p>\n

Honoring a Legend<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Bob Rafelson\u2019s iconoclastic vision shaped the New Hollywood movement with \u201cEasy Rider\u201d and \u201cFive Easy Pieces,\u201d and gave actors like Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern career-making roles. Rafelson, who has lived full time in Aspen since 1970, will accept Aspen Film\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Cinematic Arts and will be the subject of a tribute (Wednesday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.). The festival will also screen his overlooked gem \u201cMountains of the Moon\u201d (Sunday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.).<\/p>\n

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